From the introduction by Paul Diel: "This personal diary of a psychoanalytic patient illustrates a method of healing which, unlike retrospection and pansexuality, is based on the study of inner motivations... Considering that the search for truth, especially the truth about oneself, is a need common to all human beings and one which runs deeper than the need for camouflage, I felt it might be useful to publish this document. This diary, but documenting the author's progress, may help the watchful reader recognize himself and encourage him in the secret battle being waged within his own mind."